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PIN TAG.

No. 290,537. Patented Dec; 18, 1883.

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PIN-TAG.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 290,537, dated December 18, 1883,

Application filed October 2, 1883. (No modem V To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR J. COHN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tag-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Hy invention relates to improvements in tag-fasteners and it consists in the peculiar construction of the same, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastener. Fig. 2is a front perspective view of a card having my improved fastener applied, and Fig. 8 is a rear perspective view of the same.

A represents the card, and B the fastener. The fastener B consists of a single piece of wire bent to form lips (I, a by folding the wire upon itself and bending over the folded ends, as clearly shown in the drawings. ing folded and bent to form the lips c c the ends of the wire are then inclined a short distance inwardly toward each other and away from the body of the wire, then bent at right angles, or nearly so, as at c, and carried under the body ofthe wire, so as to project from the same about the same distance that the bend a is from the said body, and then bent at right angles, or nearly so, as at e, to form the points 19 b, which are to be sharpened for penetrating the goods to which the card is to be attached. The card when inserted between the body of the wire and the lips, and thelatter bent down on the same, will be firmly held. By this construction of the fastener the face of the card is left almost entirely unobstructed, and the ne- After becessity of pasting a sheet of paper over the face of the card is avoided,which is a great advantage, especially when the tag is used ongarments or goods which may require pressing, as the pressing may be done without removing the tag and without danger of disturbing the price-marln By this construction, also, it will be seen that by passing the ends of the wire under the body of the same the bends c Q will project about an equal distance on each side of the body of the wire, thereby giving a firm support to the back of the card and avoiding all liability of bending while being written upon. It also permits of its being held more firmly to the material or goods to which it is attached, and avoids all liability of loosening the grip of the lips upon the card, either by any strain upon either of the ends of the wire after the card has been attached to the goods or in attaching the same.

I am aware that a tag-fastener has beer made of a single wire doubled at each end t( form lips and turned at right angles to forn point-s, and I therefore do not claim such in vent-ion.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letter Patent, is-

The herein-described tag-fastener B, con sisting of a single piece 'of wire bent, as de scribed, to form lips a a, and having its end inclined inwardly toward each other and awa; from the body of the wire, then bent la-terall' at a under the same, and then outwardly at to form points I) b, as set forth.

OSCAR J. COHN.

Witnesses:

H. A. Wnsr, O. SEDGWIOK. 

